Muḥammad in the Modern Egyptian Popular Ballad - Abdel-Malek, Kamal
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This volume is a fascinating, interpretative study of the life of the Prophet Mu?ammad as depicted in the repertoire of fifty-one contemporary Egyptian singers. The repertoire is extremely diverse and ranges from narrative ballads, classical odes, and Qur'?nic chantings, to melodies of the secular songs of well-known Egyptian singers. The 'people's' Mu?ammad appears as both a commanding figure, empowered by the supernatural, and a touchingly vulnerable human being, and provides this study with excellent material for its discussion of a subject that has not received much serious scholarly attention to date.…mehr

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This volume is a fascinating, interpretative study of the life of the Prophet Mu?ammad as depicted in the repertoire of fifty-one contemporary Egyptian singers. The repertoire is extremely diverse and ranges from narrative ballads, classical odes, and Qur'?nic chantings, to melodies of the secular songs of well-known Egyptian singers. The 'people's' Mu?ammad appears as both a commanding figure, empowered by the supernatural, and a touchingly vulnerable human being, and provides this study with excellent material for its discussion of a subject that has not received much serious scholarly attention to date.
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Kamal Abdel-Malek, Ph.D. (1992) in Arabic Literature, McGill University, teaches Arabic language and literature at Brown University. He has published widely on various literary topics and genres including Sufi poetry, vernacular literature, Arabic drama and literary theory.